As an 11-year-old girl, Doctor of Chiropractic Wendy Gallego was diagnosed with scoliosis. The painful curvature in her spine immediately began to interfere with her life, forcing her to drop out of gymnastics and wear a back brace. After years of chronic discomfort, a college friend suggested that she visit a chiropractor, and she finally began to find relief from her symptoms. More importantly, she was inspired by her chiropractor's whole-body approach to wellness, which emphasized nutrition and lifestyle as well as treatment. This drove her to become a chiropractor herself while formulating the philosophy that "people should not be perceived as separately functioning parts, but rather as a complex structure of interdependent systems." By founding Shin Wellness, she sought to create a holistic health care center that addressed physical as well as mental health.
Embracing Western and Eastern treatment modalities, Dr. Gallego looks for instructors and therapists with more than technical proficiency and a photographic recollection of the periodic table. She claims that "there's a quality that comes with being a healer," and she looks for that passion in all her prospective employees, whether they will be performing massages, conducting hypnotherapy sessions, or leading Pilates classes.

The therapists at Medical Massage Professionals don't simply point and push. Instead, they tailor their services to each client's needs—something they've been doing for the last decade. Founder Marian Sotelo-Paz has more than 20 years of industry experience under her fingers. At three locations around Miami, she's built a team of similarly seasoned professionals. All that experience is reflected in the team's versatility, which allows it to offer massage services for pain management, injury recovery, simple relaxation, and a variety of other ailments and issues.

At The Banyan Holistic, a comprehensive approach to health and wellness helps heal both the body and the mind. The expert team, which includes a doctor of Oriental medicine, a hypnotherapist, and massage therapists, aims to treat concerns ranging from stress and depression to headaches and infertility. Appointments can incorporate therapy, meditation, and life coaching to help clients overcome personal issues. Acupuncture, massage, and herbal remedies, meanwhile, can help relieve physical ailments and alleviate chronic pain.

Whether clients seek a cure to their constant anxiety or a way to unlock their creative side, brain training can help. At Brain Training Centers of Florida, a combination of computer-program and neurofeedback technology restores balance in the brain. This newfound balance helps the central nervous system soothe common issues, such as depression, addiction, and mental fogginess.

BG Mancini grew up in a household that valued holistic care. Her parents taught the value of proper, nutrient-dense diets and that ailments in the body are simply imbalances that can be corrected. These childhood experiences inspired BG to dedicate her life to providing alternative treatment modalities to help target the underlying causes of her clients' conditions, rather than just treating the symptoms. Her comprehensive studies made her such an authority on the subject that she and her father even created the Smithsonian Institution's exhibit, The History of Alternative Medicine in America.
BG passionately channels all of this knowledge and experience into the services she provides at Florida Holistic Medicine. One of her specialties is acupuncture, which targets imbalances in the energy flow along the body's meridians. By removing blockages with precisely placed needles, her treatments work to restore the body to a more optimal state of health and wellbeing. She also works with patients to identify allergens and dietary issues to develop health plans that ensure they're receiving essential nutrients and reduce inflammation in the body, which is a major cause of many unwanted symptoms.